Spring-motor.



J. REGKTENWALD. SPRING MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1912.

Patented Sept 3, 1912.

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J. RECKTENWALD.

SPRING MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY17, 1912v 1,087,316 Patented Sept. 3,1912.

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ATTORNEY.

UNIT STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN RECKTENWALD, or NASHVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-Hams T0 EDWARD H. s'rnUomnEYER, or NASHVILLE, ILLINDIS.

SPRING-Moron.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3,1912.

Application filed May 17, 1912. Serial No. 698,037.

To all who'm, it may concern:

Be it known that -I, J OHN RECKTENWALD,

citizen of the United States,- residing at: Nashville, in the county of Washington and My invention has relation to -improve-' ments in spring-motors for washing-machines; and it consists in the novel details of construction more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in'th e claim.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a side elevation of myinvention; Fig. 2 is an end view thereof; Fig. 3 is a top plan; Fig. 4 -i s' a longitudinal vertical section on the line 4 i of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a detached view of a fan adapted to take the place of the governor of the motor.

The present invention is directed to improvements in spring-motors for driving washing-machines, churns, and the like, and

.has for its object to construct a motor which will develop suflicient power to subserve its purpose; one which will run a considerablelength of time without rewinding; one which is provided with a detachable governor for which a fan may be substituted; one under perfect control of the operator, and one possessing further and other advantages better apparent from a detailed description of the invention which is as follows Referring to the drawings, C'represents a casin resting on a suitable base plate P,

in whic casing is mounted the train of ear mechanism composing the motor. The at is wrapped a driving s ter comprises a horizontal winding shaft or arbor 1 on each side of the center of which ring 2, 2, the outer ends being secured to a ottom anchor member or bar 3, the inner ends being the shaft, as ,well understood in the art. Two independent (but simultaneously propelling) springs distributed as here shown maintain a more even draft on the shaft than would a single large spring disposed at one end of the shaft.- Between the springs is interposed a gear wheel 4 (mounted loose on the s secured to the shaft or arbor 1, a disk 7 sep'-.

secured to aft), to one face of which is pivoted a spring controlled driving pawl 5 which c0-.

arating the ratchet from the adjacent spring 2. A second spacing disk 8 is interposed between the outer face of the second spring and the adjacent wall of the casing C. Meshing with the gear 4 is a pinion 9 on a transverse shaft 10, the outer end of the lat-- ter carrying adjacent to the casing wall, a

gear wheel 11 which in turn meshes with a pinion 12 on a second transverse shaft 13, the lattercarrying. a gear wheel v14L as shown. The gear l tmeshes with a pinion 15 on a third transverse shaft 16 (the severaltransverse shafts being parallel to one another) .one of whose terminals carries adjacent? the outer face of the casing'wall, a bevel pinion 17 which engages a corresponding pinion 18 on a verticalgovernor-shaft.l9..;;mounted in any suitable mechanical manner to the outside'of the casing. To the up or free end of the shaft 19 is secured a detac able governor I G, the central hub portion 20 thereof being passed overthe shaft and a pin 21 passed through the parts, though it may be secured in any other mechanical manner. Mounted I in abracket 22 securedto the casing wall is a brake stem 23 inthe shape of a screw-stem' provided with amilled head. I: atits outer end whereby the screw may be readily-manipulated, and with a brake-headfl adapt ed to be forcedagainst the governor shaft 19 and the rotation of thelatter arrested. f,

In warm weatherth'egovernor maybe detached from the sh'aftlQ and a fan Feecured thereto, spas to generate the necessary breeze for purposes offanning, as shownin 61m end of the transverse shaft 10 has secured thereto outside the 'casin' a gear wheel 25 which enga es thetermina inion 26 ofa horizontal s aft 27 mounte in a bracket 28 on top of the receptacle R of a washing machine, said; shaft 27 being provided with a balance 'or fly-wheel 29 adjacent the pinion26, The opposite end of; the shaft 27 terminates in a-bevel' inion 30 having. a toothed se'ction a exten ing only. partially around its peri hefty, "said toothed section engaging first t e pinion: 31 and then the pinion '31" disposed-Ono posite sides of said pinion30' ou a' vertica shaft 32 mounte'd in a bracket 33 on top of the ijcjlg'othes receptacle R, the shaft 32 extending i into the receptacle and having secured theretotheflusual dasher' D by which the clothes are rubbed. A rotation of the shaft 27 (and pinion 30 first engaging the pinion 31 and then 31' will have the effect of rotating the shaft 32 through a given are first in one direction and then the other. The rotation to the shaft 27 is obviously imparted through the train of gears interposed between the winding arbor l and the gear 25, and is too obvious to requiredetailed description. The shaft 1 is wound byv any suitable key K. Should it be desired to arrest the motion of the parts at any time, the same may be accomplished by setting the brake, that is to say by driving the brake head 24 against the governor-shaft 19.

Features shown but not alluded to are well understood in the art and require no detailed description in the present connection.

Having described my invention, what I claim is one end secured to an anchor and the other to the shaft, a gear-wheel mounted loosely on the shaft between the springs, and provided with a spring-controlled driving pawl on one face thereof, a ratchet on the shaft engaged by said pawl, a disk separating the ratchet from the adjacent spring, a spacing disk interposed between the casing wall and the second spring, a vertical governor shaft mounted on the outside of the casing, a train of gear mechanism interposed between said governor shaft and the gear on the windin arbor, a friction brake for the governor s aft, and means for connecting the gearing to suitable operating mechanism located outside the casing.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN RECKTENVVALD. Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK,

FaNNm E. WEBER. 

